New acts on the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities and the Register of Business Enterprises from 1 January 2026

From 1 January 2026, it will no longer be possible to register a deputy chair in the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. In the Register of Business Enterprises, a deputy chair can only be registered when it is required by law. In the period January – March 2026, we will change the role of the deputy chair to board member, for those who do not need to have a deputy chair registered.

When the role of deputy chair is changed to board member, and the deputy chair has been granted signature or power of procuration, the organisation must notify the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities and the Register of Business Enterprises whether the provision is to be changed or deleted.

Only organisations that do not have a natural person registered in given roles must register a contact person in the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. These roles are chair, deputy chair, board member, deputy board member, general manager, business manager, participant, sole proprietor, managing shipowner or official receiver.

If the organisation has registered a contact person, but also a natural person in one of the roles mentioned above, we will remove the registered contact person in the period January to March 2026.

If an organisation that must have a contact person has two or more contact persons registered today, we will ensure that only one contact person remains registered.

The organisation will receive a letter from us with a deadline to provide feedback on which contact person should remain registered.

It will no longer be possible to register observers in the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities and the Register of Business Enterprises. For organisations that have the role observer registered, we will remove the role between January and March 2026.

This means that organisations that are not registered in the Register of Business Enterprises must register their deputy board members with the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities as soon as possible after 1 January 2026.

From 1 January 2026, more people will be required to provide a signed confirmation that they accept the role they are to be registered in. The confirmation can be given by signing the form in Altinn or on a paper form sent by post.

Those who must confirm that they are taking on the role are:

• all members of the board
• deputy members of the board
• general managers
• auditors
• accountants

This applies to both organisations registered the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities and the Register of Business Enterprises.

For participants in general partnerships

Now all participants, both new, existing and those who are leaving, must confirm changes in the partnership. The confirmation can be given by signing the form.